Amako Saburo Shiro - Amako Saburo Shiro

...A military commander in the Sengoku period. He was called Saburo-Shirou and later Tomorin. In 1560 (Eiroku 3), he succeeded his father Haruhisa's death as the governor of Izumo, and continued fighting against the Mori clan. In 1562, the Omori Silver Mine fell and the Mori forces invaded Izumo, leading to a succession of local lords defecting from the area. The following year, the subsidiary castle, Shiraka Castle, fell, leaving them isolated in Toda Castle. After three years of siege, they surrendered to the Mori clan in November 1566. He was imprisoned at Enmyoji Temple in Nagata, Aki together with his younger brothers Michihisa and Hidehisa, and later became a guest of the Mori clan. His descendants resumed the surname Sasaki and continued to serve as vassals of the Mori clan. ...

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…戦国時代の武将。三郎四郎，のち友林と号す。1560年(永禄3)父晴久の死により出雲守護を継ぎ，毛利氏との戦闘を継続した。62年，大森銀山が落ち毛利勢が出雲に侵入すると国人層は相次いで離反した。翌年，支城白鹿城が落ち富田（とだ）城に孤立し，3年の籠城戦の末，66年11月毛利氏に下った。弟倫久，秀久とともに安芸長田円明寺に幽閉され，のち毛利氏の客分となる。子孫は佐々木姓に復し，毛利氏家臣として存続した。…

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